Description:
On Chinese Wikipedia (ZH-WIKI), AutoWikiBrowser (AWB) appears to contain a local typo/fix rule that incorrectly replaces the proper ellipsis character … (U+2026) with three consecutive full stops (..., U+002E x3). This replacement violates the local Manual of Style – §省略號 (Ellipses), which clearly specifies the use of the single-character ellipsis (…) as standard.

This behavior does not affect AWB globally, but seems to come from a ZH-WIKI-specific typo/fixlist (likely in zh.xml, zh-tw.xml, or similar).

Examples:

✅ Correct: 這是一個例子…

❌ Incorrect (after AWB edit): 這是一個例子...

Problem:

This replacement creates inconsistent typography in Chinese text and violates the MOS.

It may mislead users into thinking three periods are acceptable in place of the correct Unicode ellipsis.

The change likely originates from a custom typo rule or regex entry used only on ZH-WIKI.

Proposed solution:

Locate and remove the problematic typo rule from the ZH-WIKI AWB typo/fixlist.

Ensure the replacement … → ... is not performed automatically on Chinese Wikipedia.

Optionally, add a lint check or validator in AWB to warn users if such a change is being made.

References:

Wikipedia:格式手冊 § 省略號 (Ellipses)

Software version: 6.4.0.0